Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 27, 1977, p. 3

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Approve wrecking of historic town hall OLD PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN in June 1897 showed long skirted ladies flocking to the town hall Concerts patriotic programs presen tations dances the town hail was a focal point for town activities for many years No amalgamation as Toronto paper reports ilion of the and Chambers of lommirce to member The of received inquiries an irti tic which appeared in i lor onto diiK newspaper rcccnlh about tht possible 250 cheque Store was the victim of a fraud involving a cheque for flit wis it the store but returned Mrs says the two groups do not intend to unite ire looking forward to becoming involved in out joint projects One such project mtnlioned wis the attempt to and get an trial commissioner for Continued from Page glad to move closer to down town and added It tup to the town to continue providing the police with cheap accom The police are paying only Duby said he also supported the plan but added there will be strong opposition from some residents He urged the committee go ahead and approve the recommendation then council can deal with objections Miller said he has discussed it with Councillor Peter Marks who also agrees with the teanng down of the old hall Councillor Mike Armstrong suggested be retained to oversee the project and noted if contractors were in vitcd to come up with design- build proposals instead of an architect being retained there would be more money for pur chasing items for the interior of the fire hall Look better Committee members agreed with this idea and Duby said it was important that some kind of sketch done so people could see how much better the Willow Street Bower Avenue corner would look after the work is done He added besides the parking lot there would be room for land scaping in front of the fire hall said in light of the fact there will be opposition to this plan the town needs some knowledgeable like Zee gan to support the plan Speaking on behalf of the firefighters Jim Thornhill said he too supported the idea of overseeing the project and the design build ap p roach said he wanted to emphasize the plan was a political decision and made by the firefighters He said the volunteers don to moving or any of other plans examined He said the volunteers are doing an excellent job and tht town simply wants to even job Were now on DST This newspaper received both brickbats and bouquets for enquiring in last week issue whether Hills stayed on Standard Time or switched to Daylight Saving Time The tongueincheek query wasn t appreciated at municipal offices but several people confused by the timing of this year switch phoned to thank us for the reminder Town officials passed a proclamation Monday night proclaiming DST retroactive to a m Sundayandsald they forgotten but just left It over until April We were honestly confused at the time of going to press despite assurance that I was a province wide regulation because we had knowledge that other municipalities passed the appropriate proclamation Apparently enquiries here caused some confusion however and notices were sent home from schools and many enquiries were made of councillors In any event the confusion has been cleared up and Halton Hills is now officially on Daylifchl Saving Time until Sunday October Correcton The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 3 Entrance denied visibility poor Hills works commit let has turned down a request for an entrance permit for building lot on I west of Highway Monday the committee decided not to allow the in tranct permit of poor visibility The land is Melynk and ht had a buyer for the as long is in tntr met permit could Tht committee examined the road lot during its tour of tht town Councillor George said the permit t be issued because it would be dangerous have a driveway coming the road there because of the hill Councillor Pat said if erown of the hill was down il wouldn be isdangerousto but it would a very costly difficult job deputy engineer 1 said Councillor I said either in idjatcnl lot or purthast a right iw i from bis lo mother his loin Hi warned if liirmd Tuesday Friday Oops In an effort to help the town men with garbage collection dates The Free Press could just have made things worse last week The paper reported business gar pickups are Tuesday and Thursday Wrong they re Tuesday and Friday Information on the change was given to each merchant affected mo handbill but the town men found some were still setting out their garbage on Monday instead of Tuesday Stop sign rejected Councillor Pat bid residents con ttrns and a three way stop trectcd at the intersection of Churchill I toad North Road lit d Monday II Hills works commit let viewed tht intersection on its lour of the town and Monday night rejected the a vote lorn Hill warned once a stop sifn goes in it is vcrv lo have it town oilier which hue been rived done with some drive given permits I dure none ihm the just re jeeted DO IT YOURSELF GARAGES GIVE HER APPLIANCES FROM inqiu BROKE on Main Street last 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